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Amelia Earhart Search Forum => General discussion => Topic started by: Randy Conrad on February 15, 2021, 08:42:54 PM

Title: Patch Analysis by Reactor
Post by: Randy Conrad on February 15, 2021, 08:42:54 PM

Saw this article online this evening on Google News. Ric you made the headlines. Interesting read!

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/amp35492760/amelia-earhart-disappearance-nuclear-reactor/

Title: Re: Patch Analysis by Reactor
Post by: Ric Gillespie on February 16, 2021, 06:51:08 AM

Quote from: Randy Conrad on February 15, 2021, 08:42:54 PM

Interesting read!

Also inaccurate and misleading.

Title: Re: Patch Analysis by Reactor
Post by: Christian Stock on February 16, 2021, 07:42:53 AM

"became too heavy and short on fuel"

I'm going to use that if I ever have to talk to the FAA about landing in a beet field.

My experience is that aircraft become lighter as they use fuel. I suppose you would be too heavy if the engines weren't running because you were out of fuel.

Title: Re: Patch Analysis by Reactor
Post by: Ric Gillespie on February 16, 2021, 09:30:01 AM

The work being done by Penn State will give us new information about the artifact but it won't confirm or disqualify the artifact as part of the patch. That will come from Jeff Glickman's forensic imaging work.

Title: Re: Patch Analysis by Reactor
Post by: Bill Mangus on February 16, 2021, 04:46:08 PM

. . . and you can't lose sight of something you never saw in the first place. ;D